Community Tasting Notes 60

• fclarity wrote: 95 points

  February 20, 2023 - Tasted blind, this wine had a medium red center with light red/orange rims. The medium+ intensity nose of roses, cherries, rhubarb, and tan spices was immediately attractive.
  
  On first pour, the mouth was not. It was disjointed with rough tannin and odd acidity. This wine scored around 90 pts when first poured. However, after a couple hours of air this wine made a major turn-around to show much more fruit, rounded tannin, and more linear acidity.
  
  There was no mistaking this for a 1990 but it was attractive and started living up to the promise of the nose after a few hours in a decanter. This appears to be just coming into its zone so it should drink well for 10-15 years.

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• fcxj wrote: 90 points

  September 22, 2022 - From Methuselah. Fairly clean, floral plus sous bois aromatics. Hard to describe but the palate is scratchy, not offering enough sweetness or balance to really charm. (28/12163)

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• BradE wrote:

  February 13, 2022 - Life is good when you're drinking 1988 DRC GE. A great bottle of a vintage I love.

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• peterchoy wrote: 97 points

  December 31, 2021 - Appearance: Bright and clear, the wine is of light garnet colour, with wide fading rim and legs.
  Nose: Clean, with medium (+) intensity aromas of red fruit of cherries and dried strawberry, floral notes of rose, herbal notes of black tea, sweet spice of nutmeg, mineral notes of earth, maturity notes of truffle. The wine is fully developed.
  Palate: Dry with medium (+) acidity, medium (+) tannin of ripe and silky texture, medium alcohol and medium (-) body, with medium (+) intensity flavours of red fruit of raspberry, strawberry and cherries, floral notes of rose, sweet spice of nutmeg, maturity notes of forest floor. The wine has long finish.
  Conclusion: Excellent quality Grands Echezeaux with an intense nose showing great complexity, with the red fruit of cherries and a bit of sweetness aromas of dried strawberry, followed by rose petals, and then a range of herbal and sweet spice notes, on the background of earthy and development characters. On the palate the wine is ethereal, with good acidity and the tannin fully integrated, the flavours are concentrated and the length is truly amazing. It is ready to drink now and can maintain for another 3-5 years.

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• Alex G. Likes this wine:

  May 15, 2021 - Glorious, stunning rose petal aroma leaps from the glass - utterly mesmerizing. Good fruit and structure, but the palate wasn't quite up the aromas, it was a bit foursquare by comparison. Overall, an excellent showing because the aromas were so astounding the palate didn't need to deliver much to make it a thrilling experience.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1988
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Côte de Nuits
• Appellation Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru

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• Pending Delivery 3 (1%)
• In Cellars 282 (57%)
• Consumed 209 (42%)

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